A/N: I'm at a loss of what to say…oh wait! I watched Red Dwarf the other day ON A PLASMA TV…for those of you who are going "huh, big deal!", let me explain…Lister's face 2 foot high…it was amazing! Also, I'm smegged off at corrie…no sign of Craig since last Mondays episodes…it's not fair…I don't give a stuff about anyone else…anyway, I wrote a polite yet incredibly pissed off e-mail to ITV, as did smegginitlarge…she got a reply! They said they've not forgotten about him and he will be in future episodes…oh well...i suppose I'll just have to wait!

Oh god, I've waffled on again…sorry…erm, okay THANK YOU to all reviewers! You don't know how happy you make me when you review! YOU ROCK!

It took a while for Toni to adjust to life on board Red Dwarf. The habits of her old life were hard to shake off.

For the first 2 weeks she'd wake up at 6 am and then go and wake Lister (also waking Rimmer in the process).

Lister, had at first, put up with it and would get up with her, but he quickly realised that he wasn't a morning person. He'd find himself nodding off during the course of the day…not good if you were driving Starbug at the time!

It was made worse by the fact Toni was such an energetic person. She wanted to explore Red Dwarf and would race off down corridors, slide down stair banisters,clamber up onto the gantries…and Lister would be forced to chase after her.

So the next day when Toni came a knocking at 6 am, he took her by the wrist and led her back to bed, begging her to go back the sleep.

Toni would oblige for about half an hour, then grow bored and wake him up again.

This continued for several days, each time Lister would simply put Toni back to bed, hoping she'd soon settle into a routine.

After tucking Toni back into bed for what seemed like the hunredth time, he came stumbling into his quarters, yawning and rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

Rimmer waited til Lister had climbed into bed "how long is she going to keep this up for?" he asked angrily

"I've no idea…" groaned Lister "This is worse than raisin'kids! At least with kids you know they'll grow out of it! Toni's been brought up like this…who knows how long it'll take to set her straight…"

"It'd better not take long!" snapped Rimmer "otherwise I'm slipping extra strength sleeping pills into her drinks…"

"You'll have to beat me to it" sighed Lister, turning over to embrace the blissful comfort of sleep.

The next morning Lister found himself waking up at 5:59, he groaned and clumsily rolled out his bunk,

"Toni-" he began as he opened the door. It took a few seconds for his sleep-deprived brain to register what was missing.

The corridor was empty. Toni was nowhere in sight.

Lister began to worry.

Why had Toni not come to wake him?

Had something bad happened in the night?

He walked to her door, and gently rapped his knuckles on it "Toni" he whispered.

Upon hearing no answer he began to panic, he hit the panel at the side of the door and cautiously leaned into the room.

She was still in bed, fast asleep. He leant against the doorframe and smiled to himself, mostly out of relief.

He just stood and watched her for a few minutes; he watched her smile and wondered if it were him she was dreaming of.

Lister tiptoed over to her bunk and lay down beside her. It had been a long time since he'd been in bed with a woman; he missed the warmth of their body against his. He missed the way; they'd lie in each other's arms.

But now he had Toni, he smiled and closed his eyes, just as Toni opened hers. She smiled as she saw Lister, and placed a feather light kiss on his lips before lying back down and going to sleep.

Toni and Lister's relationship went from strength to strength after they were both getting 8 hours sleep. She wanted to catch up on all the things she had missed over the years, and one of those things was poker.

Lister was teaching her how to play cards; it was hard given that Toni hadn't even seen a pack of cards before. She wasn't very good at it and kept getting muddled up with all the rules.

It was then suggested (rather too enthusiastically) by the Cat and Rimmer that they should play strip poker. As Toni was so utterly hopeless she'd most probably end up being scantily clad five minutes into the game.

Well, that was the idea…

After eight straight games of strip poker, the Cat and Rimmer realised there was a fatal flaw in their otherwise perfect plan.

"We're doing something wrong here buddy!" moaned the Cat, feverishly rubbing his bare arms to keep the goose bumps at bay.

Rimmer nodded solemnly and the pair glanced across at Toni, who grinned at them.

She was sat wearing Lister's t-shirt, jacket and hat, Cat's shirt and trousers. Rimmer's hologramatic clothes were folded neatly on the table in front of her along with a collection of watches, keys and other accessories.

Magically, Toni had a knack for playing poker and was currently wiping the floor with each of the lads.

"Your bet Rimmsy" she smiled, winding Cat's silk tie round her slender fingers, "you haven't got a lot to bet have you?"

Rimmer blushed, he was completely naked apart from one socks and a 'censored' box that Holly had supplied to cover Rimmer's modesty.

"I'd give up if I were you, mate." said Lister, fighting the urge to smirk "Unless you're willing to bet your 'H', you're screwed!"

"No, I will not give up!" snapped Rimmer, "Because Rimmer's never give up!"

"Mmm" agreed Lister, taking a swig from his can of lager "And you've got the 13 failed astronavigation exams to prove it!"

Rimmer scowled "Big words coming from a man who's sat in his boxers!"

"Big words coming from a man who's only got a 'censored' box covering his bits…" Lister grinned, "Hol, turn the box off will you!"

"Holly don't you dare!" screamed Rimmer,

"I don't know why you're getting so worked up about it…" said Holly "It's not like you've got anything I haven't seen before!" she bit her lip as a blush crept across her cheeks, realising she'd said too much.

The crew looked at her with intrigue "Excuse me" she mumbled "I've got to take the dog for a walk!" and she quickly disappeared off the screen.

"Are we playing then or what?" asked Toni after a short pause,

Cat and Rimmer exchanged horrified looks. They'd already been embarrassed enough tonight, and neither of them felt like sitting half naked (or nearly fully naked in Rimmer's case) for the next hour.

"It's late…" said Rimmer, he faked a yawn "I'm gonna fall asleep any minute now…I think we should call it a night!"

"Yeah" agreed the Cat "And she keeps winning…as gorgeous as my naked body is, I don't want to catch a cold…a runny nose is not this seasons must have!"

The pair quickly grabbed their clothes and ran, leaving Lister and Toni alone.

"Sore losers!" muttered Toni throwing down her cards,

"Can you blame them?" laughed Lister "they came in here expecting to spend all of the night watching you in your underwear…or even less if they were lucky…they weren't expecting it to be the other way round!"

Toni sighed and slipped onto Lister's lap "so…what d'you want to do now?" she asked,

"Well…we could always…" he said suggestively, stroking her face

"Again!" exclaimed Toni "The things you do to me…they tire me out…"

"You know you love it!" teased Lister, leaning in for a kiss,

"Yes I do…and if you want it…you'll have to chase me for it!" she gave a quick grin before running from the room, laughing.

Lister sat for a second, before realising he duped, "Toni, cheater! You had a head start!" he yelled running after her.